I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved.

I start listening to something, or I'm seeing somebody a lot or seeing their art. And then I just really want to make a picture of them.

With everything he has been through this year, for Sean to rise to the occasion like that, it says a lot about his character.

The pastors have to rise to the occasion. That's the bottom line.

If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece.

A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.